Live: Israel kills at least 58 Palestinians in 24 hours

The Biden administration sees increased energy towards a Gaza ceasefire deal after hostilities were tamped down between Israel and Lebanon, US deputy national security advisor Jon Finer said in an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday.

US officials will be deployed to the region in the weeks ahead for focused conversations about bringing Israeli hostages home and ending fighting as well as managing the situation in Syria, he said.

- Reporting by Reuters 

More than 353 footballers, including 91 children, hav been killed by Israel's war on Gaza since October last year, according to the Palestinian Football Association. 

It said that 546 people from the Palestinian sports and scouting movements had been killed in total. 

The association said that footballing brothers Muhammad and Mahmoud Khalifa were killed on Monday after Israeli forces bombed their home in Nuseirat refugee camp. 

Muhammad played for Hilal Gaza, and the Palestinian national youth team, while Mahmoud played for Shabab Ahli Al-Nuseirat.

An Israeli air strike targeting a residential building in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, on Monday evening wiped out two entire families from the Al-Kahlout household, comprising 25 individuals.

This strike and others early on Tuesday killed at least 34 Palestinians and left many others wounded, Gaza helh authorities said.

Mahmoud Basal, the Palestinian Civil Defence spokesman, told Middle East Eye that the attack in Beit Hanoun occurred around 8pm on Monday. 

"The Israeli occupation forces targeted a multi-storey house in Beit Hanoun, this house belongs to the Kahlout family," said Basal.

"So far 16 people have been identified and they were taken from under the rubble. The rest remain under the rubble," said Basal adding that "until now civilians are trying to take them out. We’re talking about at least five children and five women".

Read more: Israeli air strike wipes out 25 family members in northern Gaza

The late Queen Elizabeth believed every Israeli was "either a terrorist or a son of a terrorist" and refused to allow Israeli officials into Buckingham Palace, former Israeli president Reuven Rivlin has said.

"The relationship between us [Israel] and Queen Elizabeth was a little bit difficult," Rivlin told a gala event celebrating Haifa's Technion Institute of Technology in London on Sunday night.

Rivlin served as the 10th president of Israel between 2014 and 2021, while the queen died in 2022.

The former president said the queen "believed that every one of us was either a terrorist or a son of a terrorist".

He added: "She refused to accept any Israeli official into [Buckingham] Palace, apart from international occasions".

Read more: Queen Elizabeth 'refused to allow Israeli officials inside Buckingham Palace'

Israel's war on Gaza has led to a health disaster, particularly in the overcrowded southern areas of Mawasi, Rafah and Khan Younis, reported the Palestinian news agency Wafa. The situation is dire for the displaced population, with conditions posing a significant threat to their lives.

The destruction of waste management infrastructure has resulted in the accumulation of rubbish, creating hazardous conditions for the affected residents.

The number of displaced people in the south has surged to about 1.5 million, worsening the already catastrophic circumstances. The mix of sewage and drinking water compounds the danger.

Streets are now lined with piles of waste, and many homes and buildings are in ruins.

In Khan Younis, particularly near Al-Aqsa University, thousands of tons of rubbish has accumulated, and floodwaters from sewage have inundated the area. The spread of insects and rodents further heightens the risk of disease, especially respiratory illnesses, which pose a severe danger to vulnerable populations, including children and the elderly.

The Government Media Office in Gaza has reported that 25 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a residential building in Beit Hanoun.

Dozens more were injured or remain unaccounted for following the attack, which devastated the area and left residents searching for survivors amidst the rubble.

A Palestinian fisherman was killed by Israeli gunfire west of the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.

In a separate incident, two individuals were killed in an Israeli air strike on al-Zahour neighbourhood, located north of Rafah city.

Al Jazeera Arabic reported that at least 20 Palestinians were killed, with many others wounded, during an Israeli raid on Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. 

At least 13 Palestinians were killed in Israeli shelling of the central Gaza Strip since the early hours of the day, medical sources reported to Al Jazeera Arabic.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) released a report on Tuesday calling 2024 a "particularly bloody year" with 104 journalists killed worldwide, more than half of them in the Gaza Strip.

The federation had previously reported 129 journalists were killed in 2023.

IFJ secretary-general Anthony Bellanger described 2024 as "one of the worst years" for media professionals. He condemned the "massacre taking place in Palestine before the eyes of the entire world".

A medical source told Al Jazeera Arabic that at least seven Palestinians were killed, and others were wounded, in an Israeli air strike targeting a residential apartment in the Nuseirat camp, located in the central Gaza Strip.

Good morning Middle East Eye readers. Here are some of the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza, now in its 430th day: 

• Medical sources told Al Jazeera Arabic that at least 37 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza raids since dawn on Monday

• Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for a shooting attack on Israeli soldiers inside the "Bakaot" settlement in the occupied West Bank

• Ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel gain momentum. The New York Times, citing informed sources, reported progress in negotiations over a ceasefire and prisoner release, though details remain unclear

• The Yemeni Houthi group announced it had struck a "sensitive target" south of Jaffa with a drone

• The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden and Jordan's King Abdullah II discussed the situation in Gaza, focusing on achieving a ceasefire, the release of captives and increasing humanitarian aid